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Tom Na Croiche

Human Remains(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Tom Na Croiche

Classification Human Remains(S) (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Gallowhill Of Petty

Canmore ID 14144

Site Number NH74NE 1

NGR NH 7544 4941

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Petty
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH74NE 1 7545 4940.

(NH 7543 4943) Tom na Croiche (NAT) (NH 7545 4940) Human Remains found (AD. 1860) (NAT)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

The old Gallowhill of Petty is a small natural mound by the side of the road on the farm of Morayston. Human remains were found here in A.D. 1860.

ISSFC 1885; Name Book 1870.

At this spot is a ploughed-down grass knoll. No additional information was encountered concerning the finds.

(See also NH74NE 2 - Cists).

Visited by OS (J L D) 24 April 1962.

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Field Visit (March 1978)

Tom na Croiche NH 754 494 NH74NE 1

Human remains were found about 1860 in this natural mound which is said to be the site of a gallows. See also NH74NE 2.

RCAHMS 1979, visited March 1978

(Transactions of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club, i, 1875-80, 255; OS 6-inch map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., 1906, sheet v)

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